Doug Brien
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 24, 1970 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bloomfield, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | California | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1994 / Round: 3 / Pick: 85 | ||||||||
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| Field Goals: | 207 |
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| Field Goals attempts: | 258 |
| Percentage: | 80.2% |
| Long: | 56 |
Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien (born November 24, 1970) is a former American football placekicker. He played twelve seasons for seven teams in the National Football League: San Francisco, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, New York Jets, and Chicago. Brien was picked in the third round of the 1994 NFL Draft (85th overall) by San Francisco out of the University of California, Berkeley.
Brien attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, where he was a placekicker for the Spartans' football team his senior year. He is a member of the De La Salle Hall of Fame both as an individual and a member of the 1989 Varsity Soccer Team.
At California, he left leading the school in all-time points with 288 points, and in field goal accuracy, hitting 56 out of 80 attempts, hitting 70% of his field goals for his career. Brien is still the all-time leading scorer for the historic football program. Cal was ranked in the AP top 25 in each of Brien's seasons with the program, winning the Citrus Bowl in 1991 and the Alamo Bowl in 1993. Off the field, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He graduated with a B.A. degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies (PEIS) in 1994.
Brien was drafted in the 3rd round (85th overall) in the 1994 NFL draft. He was the only kicker to be taken during the draft and moved across the bay to join the San Francisco 49ers. Brien showed why he was a high draft pick during his rookie year, converting 15 of 20 field goals and 60 of 62 PATs for the often scoring 49ers. The 49ers, led by Steve Young, went on to win the Super Bowl XXIX over the San Diego Chargers by a score of 49-26. Brien showcased his ability to perform under pressure by setting the record for most PATs during a single postseason with 17 en route to earning a Super Bowl ring during that 1994 season. Brien also had a momentum-swinging fumble recovery during the highly anticipated NFC Championship game where the 49ers beat Troy Aikman and the Dallas Cowboys 38-28.
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